That's the way I like to see a stock, smooth and finely finished. Thanks Mike, Never seen a Rigby up close as this presentation.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Rigby knows : ) Thanks for being on the channel.

@jmichos

Жыл бұрын

Mike great video. Is the modern Rigby’s chequering done by hand or laser?

Love the Kurz. Short Mauser actions with the clip guide and thumb relief cut are definitely harder to find.

@edwardabrams4972

Жыл бұрын

I have been looking for a nice one for years! Most are way too much or what used to be a rifle🤔😳

Years ago saw a bull moose harvested with 416 Rigby shot placement was good knock it down where it was standing never took a step saw impact power is unreal shock was quite noticable ! 🤠

Looking at a beautiful rifle is like looking at a beautiful woman, we've all seen them before but we will all look again and enjoy the moment every time. I am taken by the classic Mauser sporting rifle and even though mine is home done on a wonderful FN Venezuelan 7x57 rifle I still take pride in the ownership.

Mike... Certainly a strikingly beautiful rifle. Thank you for sharing it.

I always learn something from these videos. I look forward to it every time that it pops up in my youtube feed.

Mike, I love the back wall. Thanks for all the lessons

Fantastic, Mike! Love the Rigby/Mausers. Couldn’t agree more with all of your comments about the .416 Rigby Big Game you own. Thanks once again for another fine vid!

Thank you Mike for your videos.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Most welcome!

My shoulder was hurting watching this video! Thank you so much Mike!

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

WOW!!!!! That is 3 SWEET, AWESOME peices of Collectibles

Very nice looking rifle though I’m not a new gun type of guy but if I was having trouble with Cape buffalo in my trash cans maybe I would get one😃 I have an old Oberndorf Mauser type B sporter in 8mm , nothing fancy but handles beautifully. Killed a couple deer with it. I have an old Rigby percussion belt pistol made when they were in Ireland I always enjoy your videos

I have one of those Kurtz Mauser, with the double set triggers, in cal. 7,92 × 33 kurtz. Wonderfull piece, and I bough it cheap, many years ago. Good old times.!!!

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

That's a rare rifle - good on you!

Great vid as usual. Stunning rifles. The 416 is sublime. Being in the UK I am limited to whet I can own and shoot. I used to shoot fulbore and smallbore pistols until they decided we where not responsible enough to own them and that was that. Muzzle loaded pistols and pistol calibre carbines are allowed but my heart was just not in it any more. I shoot my air guns now and get a lot of enjoyment from them, even when I am just cleaning them. I agree with you about quality and I buy the best I can. I recently acquired a Daystate mk3 air rifle that was made in 2003 and is stunning. It has an electronic trigger and hammer system that I believe was one if not the first production air rifle with this type of system. The wood and metal work is fabulous. You can get lost in the bluing :) Thank you so much for sharing your passion with us.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the good words - I'll look up the Daystate mk3 - must be fantastic! Sad about the strange laws cropping up all over; some kind of virus. I should start making air rifle videos - I have some; always interesting and always fun to shoot. All the best to you in the UK!

Beautiful 👍 I'm sure it shoots as well as it looks. You get what you pay for. Thank you Mike

Bought myself a p14 sporter 303 britsh. I heard they were made from the factory with spare parts and made into hunting rifles. I took it apart and its got full length bed and afew metal shims . Somebody had to do that. The rear sights are dovetailed in on the barrel and say savage ( spare parts) . The rifle is a Remington . I can buy a 30.06 eddystone version and that has the same barrel dovetail sight but its a sight that doesnt move, its a single setting . I still might pick it up later on . Id like to see what those sights are set at ,25 yards Ill do the first shot and see how high its hitting at 100 yards.

The Ferrari analogy is entirely apt for these Rigby rifles. They really are high precision functional art, and coming from a name that has deep big hunt history. Just having the name Rigby in the gun case is as special as Mike says. If only I had the budget. But I don't, so I have to "enjoy" them this way. Thank you for sharing this one.

Great video Mike as usual 🙌👏 I love my Sako’s Husqvarna’s Weatherbys Winchester pre64’s Interarms mausers! I am looking to add a Rigby someday when the right one comes along! Your looks like a beautiful example of a Rigby rifle. 60+ years of collecting and still looking for another orphan to add to the family!

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you - You've got gems there and if a Rigby comes along; always good to help an orphan : )

@edwardabrams4972

Ай бұрын

Well I found that 416 Rigby and got it on lay a way and picking it up the first of the month and it’s like brand new and the price wasn’t to bad either 🙌​@@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Beautiful rifles, i always look forward to your videos and this one did not disappoint. I have a soft spot for Mauser rifles, thank you for sharing.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Your comments are much appreciated. Thank you so much.

Beautiful rifles, my friend. I've always wanted a Rigby Highland Stalker in .275 Rigby. They are so elegant but rugged, where form meets function. Thank you for your wonderful reviews. God bless.

I have always wanted this Rigby rifle in 416, mostly just to have it and shoot it! Great video!

One day! Beautiful, thanks for sharing!👍🏻👍🏻

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Hello my friend! Okay - Wednesday in September : )

@westcoaster7.62

Жыл бұрын

@UnitedStatesOfGuns ok, sounds good! 😀 I was at Reliable on the weekend and thought of you btw, I left with wallet intact but had fun anyway lol

Nice selection. Thank you. A kurz Mauser is definitely one of my bucket list rifles.

Hey it’s me again Mike. Another fine educational and entertaining video! A lot of people don’t know that although Jack O ‘Connor wrote that his choice for one rifle to hunt the world over would be a 375 H&H Magnum, his choice for dangerous game was the 416 Rigby and he championed it out of obscurity in his writings. I know I’ll never be hunting in Africa but if I were to dream about owning a Rigby it would have to be a 275 even though I already have a custom 7x57 built on a 98 Mauser action. Of the three rifles you show in this video the one that gets me really revved up is the Kurz 300 Savage. I’ve had a bolt action 300 Savage on my want list for a long time. Preferably in a mid-sized 98 Mauser action but I’d take a decent 722 Remington. I don’t remember ever seeing any bolt action 300 Savage with double set triggers so that one has me drooling. Happy hunting boys and girls!😊

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Great post as always. For Africa, a Rigby in .416 is a natural - O'Conner knew what's what over there. I hope you get a .275 one of these days; and I agree - the Kurz may be the most special of all - at least scarcity wise. Good health and good shooting my friend.

Beautiful rifles! Thanks for sharing!

Mike I work in a major gun store In Melbourne. The Rigby Highland Stalker is today 25% more expensive to buy than it was when we first got them in four years ago. Thanks for sharing.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

9 күн бұрын

Hello! Good to hear from you. Beautiful city - Melbourne. I didn't know the Rigby's had gone up so much. On the other hand, most guns and just about everything has the inflation virus. Government money printing is out of control I guess. All the best!

What a beautiful rifle! Thank you for sharing!!

Great presentation Mike, such fine rifles. Love it.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi Mike, i own a CZ 550 in 416 Rigby with nice wood also,and it shoot pretty nice group, it a big rifle and hold 5 rounds in the mag, its a well done rifle, i take it out for moose or elk hunting when the weather is nice, haha . From Alberta have a good day.

You can get some very nice commercial Mauser's in the UK. They range from basic actions imported from Mauser. To captured WW1 , WW2 and P14 /17 and beyond Mauser's reworked and then custom made, Parker Hale, Rigby, Holland and Holland. Rigby renamed the 7mm Mauser to Rigby in .27x or so as after WW1 everyone knew Mauser. (Still one of the best cartridges around for what it does, pleasure to shoot) After the 2nd Boer war the UK government wanted something like a 7mm Mauser so they went with the P13 and a cartridge similar to 7mm Mauser but not the same. It's how the P13 or P14 Mauser actioned rifle with great sights came around. As the Boers with 7mm Mausers outshot the .303 rifles. They wanted a Mauser action also as it's a great action but they did improve it. No idea why they did not extend the mag to 10 rounds. But the British 7mm for these, well it was a very hot cartridge using cordite so it would cheer out the barrels very fast and since much of the tooling and production was being made in the US, most US rifles in WW1 where just .30-06 conversions. Can still find many in the UK with .308 bull barrels The older ones in the UK are a good price with many rebarreled in more modern cartridges. I did have the change to shoot a Holland and Holland Mauser but also a modern Mauser 98 that was engraved with a beautiful stock but most are for export. The prices for firearms in the UK especially nice shotguns (moving to the US I was confused why most double barrel shotguns had no ejectors and where double trigger) In the UK a nice O/U with single t and ejectors is a great price. Same with rifles. Some older but nice martini action target rifles in .22lr with shot out bores that need the barrel sleeved are sold at prices that are almost giving them away as so many people give up their rifles and shotguns as every year its harder and harder to own. Some 5x or more less than in the USA

My dream rifle! About $23700 (AUD) here in Oz , maybe one day :)

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

You'll get there 👍

I like the bottle opener installed! The front scope mount I am refuring to! I figures I better specify so u know what I meant. Haha. On the 416 Rigby mauser!

Wow. That is a form of art.

Can we hope to see a shooting video with the Kurz Mauser?

that's a handful of rifle

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Big gun, big, dangerous game - you're right; when the chips are down the Rigby can save your life.

Thank you as always for your Videos

Rigby just means African safari to me! 👍

Wow!! Just gorgeous!

My custom 7X57 is based on the Peruvian mid-length action with is similar to the Argentine. I think many Mauser enthusiasts would rate these the best of the Mauser military actions. As I recall, years ago Rigby used a similar mid-length action for their .275 sporters. I would love to have a Kurz sporter in 7mm-08. Thanks for the great videos

@davewinter2688

9 ай бұрын

I have a custom 7x57 built on a 1914 Kar 98a action. Perfect length for the 7x57. The bullet can be seated far enough out to take full advantage of the 7x57 case capacity. I can equal or exceed the 7mm-08 with that. I have another one in 8x57 with a beautiful graft line walnut stock. I basically stole that one because whoever built it left the original military stepped barrel on it and it’s in poor condition which is why I got it so cheap. The rest of the rifle is in great shape. That one is getting turned into a 257 Roberts. Same advantages for 257 with that length action as for the 7x57.

@creightonsmith5333

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like a couple of nice rigs.@@davewinter2688

@ericschulze5641

Ай бұрын

​@davewinter2688 where you getting your barrels ? & what barrels? I've been looking at midway, brownells, and nourish and they have limited calibers

@ericschulze5641

Ай бұрын

Where are you getting your barrels? I've been looking at brownells, midway, & numrich & they have limited calibers, I'm about to build one from a vz24 & was going to keep it 8×57 but nobody has sporter barrels in that caliber

Rigby actions are supplied by Mauser, Made in Germany.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the note

I have a 275 Rigby, a 7 MM Mauser, and a 7X57. All in one rifle. My goodness.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

6 ай бұрын

😂👍

I've got to handle my uncle's Rigby rifle but one of these days maybe I'll get to go hunting with one. Hopefully

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Just do it : )

@redwinger4281

Жыл бұрын

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns my uncle passed on about 3 yrs ago and he left his Rigby's to my cousin's. They are not very nice guys so I doubt I'll get to use the rifles. I'll have to get my own 👍

The Rigby is nice but I prefer the smaller mausers. I'm a lefty but there are left hand custom mauser pattern actions to be had and that's ideal. For now I'm fulfilled with an lefty Ruger 77 30-06 and a Ruger Alaskan and an lefty Winchester m70. These do all those fancy rifles cam do and I don't feel like a criminal using them in the bush. Imagine dragging a Rigby thru the brush of British Columbia or SE Alaska.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

You're right! BTW - I tried the Ruger .375 with the green laminated stock with a muzzle brake - my goodness - what an accurate and easy to shoot tank. All the best to you in the wild places!

Beautiful Rigby Mike, for me though Im still collecting those dang Savage model 1920's. I keep telling myself no more and the next thing ya know ? There's another one in the safe...😊

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

That's an excellent one to accumulate - I should make another video. Once people know - they're irresistible. Not much different from the Kurz.

@TheQCollection

Жыл бұрын

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns Another video on the Savage Model 1920's would be awsome. I was hooked on them when I seen your video of the Savage model 1920 in 300 sav that you owned. I only need the earlier version of the model 1920 in 250-3000 to complete the variations of the Savage 1920's. I also have collected all but one of the receiver sights that were manufactured for these rifles, one is the Marbles S20 reciever sight and the other is the lyman #54 sight that came factory on the later models of the Savage 1920/26 of which there were two different versions of this sight.. awsome rifles and fun history on them.

Outstanding video. Thank you.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words.

Informative video, and some nice guns you have. OOOhh that Rigby!

I drooled over the Rigby Highland Stalker in .275 Rigby that was for sale at the Leduc Canadian Tire a while back…. Sure was pretty, but at $15k, I can buy a lot of Brnos and Husqvarnas! Lol. Great video as always! 👍🏻

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

I agree - that's a high price. On the other hand - such a fantastic rifle Rigby turns out.

Thank you for your work! What I like about Rigby especially with the Stolker range: it is more than a collection item, it is built to go in the field and actually hunt with it...for 10 times the price of my Winchester model 70, classy ;)

Lovely rifles. Thank you for this video.

Great content

very nice....

Sorry to come late to this video but my video feed is not showing your videos and I don’t know why but anyway I really enjoyed this video I love Mauser rifles specially the old ones and that Rigby I know it’s new but they are extremely nice rifles I would really love to have a .416 one day but fixed income it’s not going to happen.

Rolex? Might be the only watch brand that appreciates in value. BTW, beautiful rifles. I'd love to have a Highland Stalker in .275 Rigby, left handed.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Hi - It's a Seiko - great watch; and I hope you get the Stalker - a one gun cabinet is often best.

@anthonykaiser974

Жыл бұрын

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns no, I was referring to your rhetorical question as to why people buy Rolex watches.

I really love to see what you think of Jarrett rifles.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Hello - Kenny is so dedicated and a great person. The rifles are legend for accuracy and quality. I only shot one a few years ago - about perfect.

@matthewdeepblue

Жыл бұрын

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns thanks for the information, always great to have you giving me information I know I can trust

@kareldebures7006

Жыл бұрын

Wow! You just brought back a memory of those beanfield rifles! He would use transmission fluid on the bolt!

Very good and informative video. I have a similar rifle but the Mauser version in 8 x 57mm, but its not a squarebridge. In regards to the barrel wear on the older 98 rifles, the primers up to the late 50's or early 60's were corrosive. This may have caused pitting if not flush out with water then dried and oiled after use. 303 British ammo made up untill the late 50's is corrosive. Keep up the good work.

ive got a 1951 shooters bible that has an ad for Rigby mausers and Holland& Holland mausers for what seems cheap compared to the double rifles in 240apex to 416rigby

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

You're right - they were cheap....at the time

@thetoneknob4493

Жыл бұрын

less than 100 pounds sterling. what a deal!@@UnitedStatesOfGuns

I got to handle the new Weatherby 307 today. Bumping Tikka off my buy list.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

I'll have to find one!

How about the Gibbs series of rifles like the jungle 303 and the 505 heavy hitter !

Mike fantastic video as always You really changed my life for the better.you made me aware of the savage 1920.i found one in 250 savage and I love it.perfect for the mountains. It compares with my winchester model 54.and my Husqvarna model 46.ive had a few very nice custom rifles and I have a very beautiful 1903 custom,but there is something about a factory rifle that was made perfectly .the three models above are all phenomenal. And great handling. The winchester came with a 4 power scope and will shoot 165 gr Hornady s into one ragged hole at 100 yds.i took the scope off it handles better that way All these rifles were less than 1000 dollars and although I love the savage and the Husqvarna the winchester is my go to rifle.i m old now so if I'm afield it's the winchester 54 in3006 or the brno 2e in 22lr.gotta know what you love

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Such a meaningful message. I am so grateful that what I can share is helpful. I agree...the 54 is a best kept secret. A simply superb rifle. Good health and good shooting.

Beautiful rifles. The .300 Savage is such a useful cartridge, (my all time favorite hunting cartridge) it is not surprising it was adopted in Europe also. The short action rifle looks so handy and trim. Just as a .300 Savage rifle should be! Nice that they used a useful length barrel also. Funny, how when the British make a cartridge from another cartridge, such as the .500/416 you showed us, or the .577/450 Martini, they list the bullet diameter of the original cartridge first. While in the US we list the bullet diameter of the new cartridge first, such as the .25-06 or 7mm-08 or .22-250...OR just don't mention the original cartridge at all in the name, such as the .300 Savage which was also made from the .250 Savage. 🤷‍♂ I blame it on the British driving on the -left- wrong side of the road.

I had a Ruger #1 in .416 Rigby. Amazing caliber. Sako are good weapons too. Back then, I had a Sako 375 H&H converted to the 404 Jeffery caliber by a Nuremberg gunsmith. A .416 Rigby would not have fit into the system. At that time, such weapons were not yet common, even in America. I went hunting in the Czech Republic in the 90s with a Ruger No. 1 with Mannlicher stock and 20" barrel and caliber 7x57mm. I shot a roe buck there at 180 m. 7x57 is a good hunting cartridge. I also had a pre-war Mauser in 7x57 (1937). But actually I was a target shooter and one shot was enough. I am a German from Franconia and now live in Thailand.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the post! You had some great guns! Hope you can hunt/shoot in Thailand. All the best to you!

@GoetzFamilyAsia

5 ай бұрын

@@UnitedStatesOfGuns I'm not sure if I can hunt and own guns in Thailand as a foreigner. Things are also becoming increasingly difficult in Germany. I used to have 48 guns, 4 of which were handguns. In Texas I bought a Colt 1911 with mother of pearl

Thank you for sharing, highly appreciated. I’ve watched your videos for a long time. Another topic; it’s seemed nice in Canada, except illegal drugs and zombies in some areas. May I be your neighbor?😆

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. "illegal drugs and zombies in some areas" : mainly in Ottawa 😂 Glad you're here.

I love Holland and Holland rifles

Hello sir, I have a huge respect for you I’m wondering how lucky you are you you are getting hold of this beautiful guns, you’re such a lucky man we are happy for you We are watching your videos from Iran God bless you

USOG IHAVE BEE ON 7 SAFARIS TAKEN 4 OF THE BIG 5...MAUSER ACTION BROWNING 375 H AND H GOOD GUN BEHIND 300 SOLIDS AND WINCHERE 300 SILVER TIPS...LOVE YOUR CHANNEL

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you - not easy to do these days - or ever: 4 /5 congrats! ; for sure the .375 H&H is fantastic and with the newer bullets : even better. Maybe Browning can bring the Safari back - their best bolt action. Health and hunting! Cheers!

I wish you would have spent more than a glossed-over 30 seconds on the type c rifle. Much more interesting as that kind of rifle exudes Africa much more than an unobtainable new rigby.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Good point - you're right. The Type C is precious. I had Rigby fever.

@timsaxer6442

Жыл бұрын

​@@UnitedStatesOfGunsI would love to see a detailed review of the type c if you get time. I am trying to duplicate one and it's hard to find any info about them.

By the way, great comments on this one people, sometimes you just have to add recoil therapy in everyday life!👏

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

Thank you : )

Hope you do a vid on the Oberndorf b type k!

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

10 ай бұрын

I have the Kurz - good idea - I'll take it into the mountains. Thank you.

@markwilliams2444

10 ай бұрын

Look forward to that!,I have a k in 250-3000 savage too, but still waiting for ammonium in NZ and those k models were popular here in the 30,s. The next one for me to try out will n be a model a in 280 ross,hopefully ill have it ready in a few months and have managed to get 200 rounds of Kynoch for it. cheers !😁@@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Mauser k98, Sweden 6,5 and Argentinean.

Is the barrel on that Rigby "swamped" ? It does appear in the video as if it could be .

Have you ever come across a shortened Springfield or Mauser action? I recall back in the 1930's to 1950's there were gunsmiths who would cut a action in half and remove around 1/2" to 3/4"" and weld it back up. Clearly quite a modification. In Jack O'Connor's book "The Hunting Rifle" he shows a photo of a Springfield which has been modified in this way to accept the 22-250.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

9 ай бұрын

Yes - I owned a couple of shortened Mauser actions - they were in 250-3000 - very "cool" and interesting; huge work to make. I sold to feverish collectors. Hard to find anyone who would do this kind of true gunmaker magic these days...although you never know. I should have kept on. At least I still have the Kurz.

@creightonsmith5333

9 ай бұрын

Ah, the guns we wish we hadn't sold. @@UnitedStatesOfGuns

🙂👍

How much was that rifle?

Great for plinking tin cans off the railing on the back porch ... for a really really really really really rich guy

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

Жыл бұрын

I'll have to sell it to that guy : )

@kareldebures7006

Жыл бұрын

Stop it! You are giving me ideas, lol!

I have a Mauser 30:06 Venuzala model. Made in Germany. I want to sell cheap. Where can I sell it ?

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

11 ай бұрын

You can take to most gun shops and sell on consignment - they'll sell for you and take care of finding a buyer, doing the paper work and shipping. Also, customers can use their credit cards at stores. They charge a percentage but it is often worthwhile. Best of luck.

Yes, a Honda Civic will get you to work and back just as well as a Mercedes Benz. I suspect that you'll arrive at work in a better mood if you drove the Mercedes.

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

19 күн бұрын

Maybe, maybe not. 👍

German rifles normaly have marks everywhere..... The Rifles habe to be tested in Cologne, Ulm, Munich, Kiel or in Suhl!! And from all these Citys there must be Stamps of all important parts of the rifle!

@UnitedStatesOfGuns

10 ай бұрын

Thank you - truly fine rifles - I saw another Kurz in .35 Remington - lovely little rifle; custom of course.